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MV Bahijah situation sparks calls to set the trade's end date

THE Federal Government has been urged to immediately intervene in the MV Bahijah situation and legislate an end date for the phase out of the live sheep export industry.

Jenna Santos
  ALEC has condemned politicisation of the MV Bahijah issue, saying any moves to use it as an attempt to further the Government’s proposed ban on live sheep exports would be cheap, callous, and cynical. Photo credit: Tom Dawkins, courtesy of ALEC.

ALEC has condemned politicisation of the MV Bahijah issue, saying any moves to use it as an attempt to further the Government’s proposed ban on live sheep exports would be cheap, callous, and cynical. Photo credit: Tom Dawkins, courtesy of ALEC.

Independent member for Clark in South Hobart, Andrew Wilkie, moved a motion in parliament yesterday for Government intervention "to ensure the welfare of the livestock on the MV Bahijah by bringing the...

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